60 The White Sage of Emptiness (1/2)
Xiao Fei stammered, ”Maiden Xinyue, you are really a Celestial Being?”
Chi Zhengqi and Xiao Ao were in awe of her to even move or speak!
It was because when she had manifested her divine aura, there was a weak yellow hue around her that caused everyone to be in awe of her.
Shen Xinyue did not reply Xiao Fei and instead, she had walked unhurriedly towards Lie Qing with her long fluttering feather dress flying gently around her. It seemed that her loose feathery cloak was lifted by a powerful inertia force that was surrounding her; the Divine Rejuvenation Force!
As Chi Zhengqi broke free of his awe and ran towards her, he fainted before he could even come within reach of her!
The Element Sage scolded Chi Zhengqi aloud, ”Foolish!” as he grabbed him to safety! It was because this Divine Rejuvenation Force was constantly replenishing her own martial power by draining the martial power of the weaker opponents around her!
Lie Qing was stroking her long hair even as nine wisps of blue hue hovered around her!
Shen Xinyue was swinging the Blue Heavens while Lie Qing had raised the Perpetual Darkness in front of her as they now began to encircle each other with extreme caution!
Yi Ping was standing awkwardly in their middle as they encircled him and he was shouting, ”Qing'Er, back off. Maiden Xinyue, your opponent should be me!”
Shen Xinyue took a quick glance at Yi Ping with a curious look before she turned to say to Lie Qing coolly, ”It seems that my speed techniques are useless against you.”
Lie Qing smiled mesmerizingly, ”If you attempt that one more time, I am afraid you would already been killed by my Pandora Merciless Strike. You really missed a good opportunity to take me by surprise. Now it is already too late for regrets.”
Shen Xinyue nodded, ”And it seems that both you and him are not affected by my Divine Rejuvenation Force? Nevertheless, we shall see who has the last laugh.”
She had deliberately displayed her startling swiftness skill to gauge the strength of her opponents and was astonished that Lie Qing was the only one among all the maidens that could follow her speed movements and even retaliate against her. And this Maiden Lie Qing had assumed correctly that if she would attempt another speed attack against her, she would be killed. It was because speed attacks would leave her vulnerable to retaliation against a skillful and powerful non-moving opponent if it failed to draw blood on the first try.
Yi Ping did not notice that while they were talking, many of the exponents had suddenly fainted on the ground one by one and at the same time, the exponents were all scurrying as far as possible from the gravitating martial force pull of the Divine Rejuvenate Force; her Divine Rejuvenate Force was tens of times more powerful than Han Shaodong and it was also capable of moving along with her, something that Han Shaodong was not capable of doing!
At the same time, Xiao Shuai, Xiao Fei, Yuan Shao had mustered their martial force with their Divine Virtuous Force as they seek to protect themselves from the draining effect of the Divine Rejuvenation Force as they observed the forthcoming battle in close melee!
Han Shaodong had raised his Divine Rejuvenation Force around him!
Yu'Er and Mei'Er were swinging their swords slowly in front of them as they displayed the Divine Emerald Skill.
Yunzi had displayed her Invincible Divine Force while Youxue had fortified herself with the Golden Impervious Body.
Lingfeng had mustered her martial power and had used the Great Dissolution Skill to neutralize the draining pull of Shen Xinyue's Divine Rejuvenation Force.
But none of them had the martial power to even come close to Yi Ping, Lie Qing or Shen Xinyue to render any help or to intervene!
Yi Ping was protected by his Divine Boundless Force and his Circular Rejuvenation of the Origin prevented his martial force from being drained away by the Divine Rejuvenation Force. That was why he could stand in close proximity next to Shen Xinyue!
Shen Xinyue sighed softly as she was secretly alarmed, ”He is not affected by my Divine Rejuvenation Force? I have already lowered the effect of my Divine Rejuvenation Force and subtly tried to intimidate him off. He is still his same old self…”
She began to sigh…
The White Sage of Emptiness that everyone had known was a Celestial with a high accomplishment in martial and spiritual attainment. He was also a refine and young looking man, having becoming a Celestial early.
Normally, by the time most men and women could have the necessary attainment to become a Celestial; they would be almost a hundred years old and had aged. It was because becoming a Celestial did not mean that they could restore their youth. However the Celestials' countenance and complexion was different from ordinary people and were like a well-nourished baby despite their aged appearances.
As a highly eligible Celestial, the White Sage of Emptiness was the focus of quite a number of beautiful but haughty Celestial Maidens that were disdainful to the aged Celestials or did not find them to be a good match to be their celestial companions, not that there were many beautiful Celestial Maidens in the first place. Most of these beautiful Celestial Maidens may not be that young either but because they had based their martial foundation on a certain type of internal negative energy, they were able to retain their youthful appearances.
However, the White Sage of Emptiness was unmoved by the pursuits and temptations of the beautiful Celestial Maidens. It was because he had been practicing the Great Emptiness Translucence and he spurned their advances.
Back then, almost all the Celestials had lived in isolation from one another. Even though they had all belonged to different fractions but duels between the Celestials when they had met usually did not result in death unless for the most extremely cases; since killing a Celestial were detrimental to their celestial advancement.
She could still remember vividly how she had met the White Sage…
That day, she was on the way to the Ascension Palace to attend an important event that only happened once every one hundred years. When she was near the Great Tranquil Mountains, she saw an auspicious rainbow halo and an auspicious rainbow cloud. She was immediately startled!
It was because auspicious celestial omens were a rarity in the Celestial Realm and only seen when a celestial event had happened. When she had reached the scene, she was just in time to see a handsome young man struggling to stand straight after overcoming the Divine Calamity!
She immediately thought, ”Who is this young man? Why is that he is so fortunate to have two celestial omens to aid him to ascend as a Celestial?”
She deliberately observed for a while and was stunned. This young man was clearly alone and there were no other Celestials in sight to serve as his protectors, nor did he have any Heavenly Relics with him. How did he manage to ascend as a Celestial when he was so young and moreover the occurrence of two celestial omens that happened at the same time was also an oddity itself!
She had never seen or heard of any Celestials that had two accompanying celestial omens that appeared at the same time. For most Celestials, the appearance of a celestial omen was an extremely rare event; for most of them, it only appeared when most of them were not prepared or had no divine crisis to overcome. It was more of a celestial sign for things to come…
As for her, even though she had received the indirect aid of the other Celestials and given the Perpetual Darkness, she could still remember how she had nearly lost her life in her ensuring Divine Calamity.
She secretly sighed, ”Talk about bad timing for myself and good timing for him…I have become a Celestial not long ago and I have to suffer so much.”
She was immediately intrigued by him and had flown with startling speed next to him, causing him to react with a surprise expression as she asked, ”Are you alright?”
She had no idea how a simple 'Are you alright' would affect the two of them later!
The young man had just overcome the Divine Calamity and his eyes had just turned crimson. When he had thought that he would die in the aftermath of the Divine Calamity, a beautiful angelic heavenly maiden had appeared next to him and comforted him with soft words!
Because he had practiced the Great Emptiness Translucence, he was not interested in the physical appearances of any beautiful maidens nor could he be moved by any temptations easily. But somehow, at his lowest ebb in life and just when he had experienced the Celestial Awakening, his emotion awakening was also the most easy to be shaken; as he had not got used to his new awakening senses yet.
The young man appeared to be extremely touched and his eyes were bleary as he quickly said, ”I'm alright. I guess I have ascended as a Celestial and maiden you must be a heavenly maiden that have comes to receive me to the Celestial Realm?”
Shen Xinyue was a little amused as she laughed softly, ”You are indeed a Celestial now but I am not here to receive you. In fact, I am a little busy and in a rush. It is only my curiosity that has brought me here. Well then, good luck on being a Celestial and good bye!”
She had already turned around and had leapt away!
”Heavenly Maiden Sister! Please wait awhile!”
It was the young man again and he had leapt next to her in a startling flash!
But because he was still very weak, as soon as he had leapt next to her, he stumbled and fall into her!
Shen Xinyue was startled and she began to flush shyly as she quickly pushed him away, ”You, watch your steps! I have never seen a Celestial that is as clumsy as you!”
The young man apologized most profusely as he quickly said, ”Usually I am not that clumsy…”
Shen Xinyue was amused again as she laughed softly, ”So you are intentional?”
The young man apologized again as he quickly said, ”I feel a little weak after overcoming the Divine Calamity…”
Shen Xinyue whispered shyly, ”You don't have to explain! I understand! I am only teasing you!”
All of a sudden, she had found herself talking to this young man more than she was willing at first.
She asked patiently, ”What do you want? I am really in a hurry!”
The young man said with a sudden loss, ”I am new as a Celestial. I really do not know the rules of the Celestial and how to proceed further. I wonder…”
The young man seemed embarrassed and he was now flushing. He had never flush as red as now as he asked, ”Heavenly Maiden Sister, erm…I just wondering if I can come with you? Maybe I can train as a Celestial with you?”
Shen Xinyue laughed softly, ”So you are thinking of Dual Celestial with me?”
The young man asked curiously, ”What is a Dual Celestial?”
Shen Xinyue explained with a soft amused grin, ”You really do not know?”
The young man had a stunned expression in his eyes.
Shen Xinyue said quickly, ”Oh well, I can tell you but don't tell anyone I say this to you, alright? My reputation in the Celestial Realm will be ruined if you tell anyone of it.”
The young man nodded eagerly.
Shen Xinyue said, ”The Dual Celestial Progression is between two Celestials that pledge themselves as a pair, something like earthly couples. Now you got it? But it is considered to be more like a hindrance to the Celestials and not many are willing to practice it as our celestial progression will slow down. And moreover the two celestial couple must be able to progress at the same time or else their divine crisis will be extremely difficult. Until now, I have never heard of any Celestials that had successful ascended to the Ninth Heavens via the Dual Celestial Progression.”
The young man asked, ”Heavenly Maiden Sister, then can I Dual Celestial with you?”
Shen Xinyue was amused as she laughed softly, ”I am afraid that you are still many celestial years too early for that. First you must overcome the Emotion Celestial State of Divinity or else it will be too dangerous for you.”